Based out of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Justin Hickmott is a tubist and music educator in high demand across Canada. Formerly the principal tubist of the Orchestre Symphonique de Laval, Justin has performed with orchestras right across Canada, including the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, and the Thunder Bay Symphony, among others
.As an educator, Justin teaches at the Marcels Desautels Faculty of Music at the University of Manitoba, and is an active clinician throughout Manitoba. A former tuba instructor at Vanier College in Montreal, QC, Justin also actively maintains a private studio of students of all ages, and instructs at music camps across Canada.
Justin began his music studies at a young age as a chorister with the Brandon Conservatory Chorale in Brandon, MB, and later began studying tuba privately with acclaimed tubist Chris Lee. As a student Justin played in various ensembles with Brandon University, and began his formal music studies at the University of Manitoba. He later transferred to McGill University studying with the late Dennis Miller, before concluding his studies with Sasha Johnston and obtaining a Performance Diploma from the Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory of Music.
In his free time, Justin enjoys studying movie soundtracks, mountain biking, and relaxing with his cat, Bear.